Burggrafenamt
The Burggrafenamt ( , ) is a district (, ) in the western part of the Italian province of South Tyrol. It comprises the part of the Adige river valley between Naturns and Bolzano, and its side valleys Passeier Valley and Ulten Valley.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Burggrafenamt
- Settlement.official_name
- Comunità comprensoriale BurgraviatoBezirksgemeinschaft Burggrafenamt
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Burggrafenamt (Italy).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Burggrafenamt (highlighted in green) within South Tyrol
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1971
- Settlement.seat_type
- Administrative seat
- Settlement.seat
- Merano (Meran)
- Settlement.unit_pref
Article
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- Overview
- Subdivision
- References
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The Burggrafenamt ( , ) is a district (, ) in the western part of the Italian province of South Tyrol. It comprises the part of the Adige river valley between Naturns and Bolzano, and its side valleys Passeier Valley and Ulten Valley.
==Overview== Originally part of the historic Vinschgau in the west, the name of the region is derived from the burgraves of Tyrol Castle. It is the nucleus of the medieval County of Tyrol with its capital Merano.